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SHAHRAZAD

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Iranian, Arabic

Other Scripts: شهرزاد (Arabic)

Means "person of the city" from the Persian elements shahr "city" and zad "person". This is the name of the fictional storyteller in 'The 1001 Nights'. She tells a story to her husband the king every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution.
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